OK, a bit more on the Yamaha H-200/Mikros 90, pulled them out for a short comparison (have to revise my posts one day, but I don't think anyone has looked at them in months anyway...)
If I have to give an objective, audiophile check-list evaulation of the 2, the Mikros is easily the better. Has better definition, round, tuneful, solid space, open soundstage with "darkness/silence" between instruments, details there right in front of you. As for the Yamaha, sounds warm/darker by comparison, not as open. It does, however, have a more "rhythmic" bass, not as clean as the ML's, but not "one-note" by any means, and does more to move the music forward, imo, than the ML's. Detail, highs, lows are there on the Yamaha, though you have to listen more for them. It is WAY more comfortable, though, hardly know they are there, and, listened to for a bit, you acclamate to the sound, and it is a really fun/involving sound. So, get both while they are cheap. Or, skip it, and get the Shure 1540, which has the openness of the ML's and the detailing, a tight, rhythmic low end, good highs-thought these were rolled off at first, either improved by burn in or brain burn in. Many feel the bass is too much on the Shures, don't hear it that way, best attributes of Yamaha and ML's imo. (I think much of the difference of opinion on headphones relates to head size/ear size/shapes/fits...I may be getting less bass because my head is small, the fit isn't as tight as it must be for many). Of course, getting both the Mikros and Yamaha's would be less expensive than the Shure's, and they are both enjoyable phones.
Now....time for DOGWALK DISCOVERIES!!!!
I knew the hits by these guys, of course, but finding I like most of what they did when I hear it, hadn't paid much attention when they were around...
One of my favorite singer-songwriters
The next is X Rated, skip if you have delicate sensitivities...I'm amazed at this because, aside from being funny as s**t, it was recorded in 1954!!!
(I got worried that some administrator might take offense at this one so I removed it, really funny/dirty, accapella recording in the style of 50's pop/gospel, if anyone wants the link, PM me!!!)
Not the same Geri Allen track from the walk, sometimes have to substitute if the video is not there
OK, enough for now...